@@ -274,12 +274,14 @@ Note: This document was updated in the context of releasing Ant
23. wait a few hours for the mirrors to catch up
16. Update the ant.apache.org site :
24. Update the ant.apache.org site :
The website is managed here: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ant/site/ant/
Copy the manual of the release into the production folder - since
the site still uses svn and Ant proper uses git there currently is
no way to use the scm for this.
Update the following files for version number:
* source/antnews.xml (Announcement)
@@ -293,32 +295,17 @@ Note: This document was updated in the context of releasing Ant
Generate the html files by invoking 'ant'
Commit the modified/generated files in the 'production' folder, it will go
live on ant.apache.org in a matter on seconds.
Change the version of the manual published on the site: copy the manual into
the production folder - since the site still uses svn and Ant
proper uses git there currently is no way to use the scm for this.
18 . At this point in time, the release is done and announcements are made.
25. At this point in time, the release is done and announcements are made.
PGP-sign your announcement posts.
Apache mailing lists that should get the announcements:
announce@apache.org, dev@ant and user@ant.
22. You can now reacquaint yourself with your family and friends.
(*) Mirrors : the srcdownload.html, bindownload.html and
manualdownload.html each list a number of mirrors. For ant 1.6.0
the mirrors picked up the new version in 8 hours or less, the
release having been done at midnight on Dec 18th, the mirrors had
it on Dec 19th at 8 am. The
srcdownload/bindownload/manualdownload pages all contain a note
advising users to be patient immediately after the release.
(+) Don't expect the old releases to disappear from
www.apache.org/dist as soon as the new releases are there.
The rsync process from people.a.o to www.a.o adds files once per
hour but only deletes once per day.
26. You can now reacquaint yourself with your family and friends.
27. After a few days "svn rm" the older release artifacts and release
notes from https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/ant/
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Stefan Bodewig